I’m with you. Censorship is killing my sanity. But here’s the issue.
We already have content restrictions in place to “protect” under 18s whether they’re mature enough or not to see porn or gore. Physical and digital media have PEGI, BBFC, etc. ISPs have parental control - the UK has Content Lock. We have parents with personal preferences for their offspring’s access.
National or global censorship is useless. In their insatiable quest for power and money the corporations and governments are trying to turn the internet into a child’s internet. If these are the lengths they’re willing to go to, if their intentions were honest, it would surely be easier to let the adults have the freedom of adults and build a second internet for children. Maybe age lock that. Instead of killing everything consenting adults made.
This is equivalent to taking a bar, stripping out the slot machine, alcoholic drinks and erotic dancers, adding a ballpit, replacing live sports with cartoons and still checking ID at the door. Except now they want to swap ID for fingerprints.
Just imagine the change that could go through social media platforms if, instead of censoring their content, users would just share links to platforms which allow them to freely share without unnecessary censorship.
On the other hand I’m a bit scared of what the rich assholes would come up with instead if they can’t work themselves off at the enshitification of reddit et al…
I’m with you. Censorship is killing my sanity. But here’s the issue.
We already have content restrictions in place to “protect” under 18s whether they’re mature enough or not to see porn or gore. Physical and digital media have PEGI, BBFC, etc. ISPs have parental control - the UK has Content Lock. We have parents with personal preferences for their offspring’s access.
National or global censorship is useless. In their insatiable quest for power and money the corporations and governments are trying to turn the internet into a child’s internet. If these are the lengths they’re willing to go to, if their intentions were honest, it would surely be easier to let the adults have the freedom of adults and build a second internet for children. Maybe age lock that. Instead of killing everything consenting adults made.
This is equivalent to taking a bar, stripping out the slot machine, alcoholic drinks and erotic dancers, adding a ballpit, replacing live sports with cartoons and still checking ID at the door. Except now they want to swap ID for fingerprints.
There are already multiple search engines only for children. It’s only excuses to seize power over people.
Just imagine the change that could go through social media platforms if, instead of censoring their content, users would just share links to platforms which allow them to freely share without unnecessary censorship.
On the other hand I’m a bit scared of what the rich assholes would come up with instead if they can’t work themselves off at the enshitification of reddit et al…